Healing magic

Lethe River Water • Potion ingredients

The Limits of Magic • Article

Posted December 14, 2000 by Caius Marcius in Canon discussion / Essays

We all know the amazing things that magic is capable of in JKR’s narrative. I’d like to look at some of the things that magic is apparently unable to do in the JKR universe (as opposed to things that wizards don’t do, such as the Unforgivable Curses, for legal reasons or because of… Read More

Linfred of Stinchcombe • Character Twelfth-century ancestor and progenitor of the Potter family (Pm). Inventor of Skele-gro and PepperUp Potion (although this is also credited to Glover Hipworth (FW) in the 18th century). Read More

Linfred of Stinchcombe creates Skele-Gro and Pepper-Up potions • Event Linfred lives in a small village in Gloucestershire in the 12th century, where he potters around his extensive gardens and invents potions. His tonics and remedies are offered to both magical and non-magical folks, and he gains the nickname “The Potterer.” Two of the potions he invented are the precursors… Read More

After a long night at 12 Grimmauld Place, a visit to Mr. Weasley in hospital • Event The Weasley children have left Hogwarts and now wait anxiously at Grimmauld Place for word about Arthur Weasley’s condition. In the early hours of the morning, Molly arrives in the kitchen and lets them know that Arthur will be okay. They visit St. Mungo’s that morning. Read More

Loser's Lurgy • Diseases and healing Loser’s Lurgy is an illness suggested by Luna Lovegood. It supposedly causes a Chaser to be unable to maintain possession of the Quaffle (HBP19). When commentating during the Gryffindor v Hufflepuff match, Luna speculated that Zacharias Smith of Hufflepuff suffered from this disease, as he had… Read More

Love • Magical effects Love is perhaps the most powerful ancient enchantment, with the potential to counteract the Dark Arts and transform lives. Read More

Lucas Bargeworthy • Character Lucas Bargeworthy was a Beater for the England National Team in 1870s. Bargeworthy was a participant in the mysterious 1877 Quidditch World Cup tournament held in Kazakhstan. Retaining no recollection of any of the events of the so-called “Tournament that Nobody Remembers“, he was missing most of his teeth when he… Read More

Remus Lupin • Character Remus Lupin was a contemporary of James Potter, Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew (together they were known as “The Marauders“) (PA18, WW) and he was appointed as a prefect from his fifth year at Hogwarts School (OP9). He became a professor… Read More